MURFREESBORO — In its effort to better stay in touch with its citizens, Murfreesboro’s city government has extended its social media presence by including Twitter to its growing number of ways to reach out to residents.

“Engaging our community is one of City Council’s four major goals and this is another effort to provide information with our residents,” Public Information Officer Chris Shofner stated in a news release.

The Twitter feed will include brief one- or two-sentence Tweets about city employment opportunities, meeting notices, road construction projects and general news about the city, along with lnks to important documents and websites. It will be updated by the city’s communications department.

To access the Twitter feed online or on your iPhone, go to www.twitter.com and search the city’s Twitter handle at @cityofmborotn. Click Follow to keep receiving tweets.

As of 6 p.m. Friday, the city had issued 13 tweets, ranging from news about an upcoming council meeting to a link to upcoming summer camps. The Twitter account had 20 followers.

The information is also available on the city’s other social media, including its website, City TV, Facebook and YouTube.

“Residents are utilizing a growing number of social media outlets to get information quickly. By making city information available through all of these different media, Murfreesboro is providing better and more timely access to important news about the city they call home,” Shofner said.